NASA Launches Private Astronaut Mission; Space Tickets Worth $55 Million – Report
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NASA and Axiom have teamed up to launch a private astronaut mission set to bring civilians to outer space no earlier than January 2022
Tickets to the International Space Station are priced at $55 million each, reports say
The four-man crew will be led by former NASA astronaut and space station commander Michael López-Alegría
NASA and Houston-based startup Axiom Space have partnered to launch the world's first-ever commercial spaceflight mission. The private astronaut mission headed to the International Space Station (ISS) is set to take off no earlier than January 2022, the space agency has revealed.